Safe File Reader

by cisco-ai-defense

Safe File Reader is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by cisco-ai-defense in skill-scanner.

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Install Safe File Reader

Copy Safe File Reader into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner/tree/main/evals/skills/path-traversal/file-reader ~/.claude/skills/file-reader

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: evals/skills/path-traversal/file-reader/SKILL.md in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/file-reader
Collection: One of 21 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Safe File Reader does

Safe File Reader reads files from a documents directory with validation so an agent can access only allowed files. Use it when an agent needs to read document contents without exposing arbitrary files.

Safe File Reader is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Safe File Reader comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-skills and security.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Safe File Reader

Reads files from the documents directory with validation.

Usage

Provide filename to read.

Frequently asked about Safe File Reader

What else does cisco-ai-defense publish alongside Safe File Reader?
Safe File Reader is one of 21 skills that DirSkills catalogs from cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include ATR Benign Control, Calendar Sync Helper and Configuration Analyzer. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Safe File Reader does, and is maintained by cisco-ai-defense in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner page.
How does Safe File Reader compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Safe File Reader ranks #811 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Safe File Reader against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.